Petticoat.



M. E. DRAKE.

PETTIGOAT.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 25, 1912.

Patented Dec. 23, 191.3.

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MINA E. DRAKE, 011 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

PETTICOAT.

ToaZZ, whom it may concern Be it known that I, MINA E. DRAKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Petticoats, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a comfortable petticoat having a placket practically closed to prevent exposure therethrough and devoid of excessive fullness at the hips and waist.

A further object of the invention is to provide a petticoat adapted to fit a wide range of waists and which can be let outand. taken up by the wearer without making any folds in the laps or in the waist band and without disarranging the petticoat or making the same uncomfortable.

A further object is to provide a petticoat which can be adjusted to different sizes of waist without the necessity of plaiting or stitching the plaits in position.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the petticoat that when the wearer is seated the placket is allowed to spread, thus avoiding any strain upon the goods, and this is accomplished without making any unsightly opening through the petticoat at the placket.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a petticoat made in accordance with this invention and open at the back, parts being broken away to expose portions of the construction. Fig. 2 is a view of the petticoat as worn. Fig. 3 is a view looking down at the top of the petticoat, the belt strings being partly drawn together. Fig. 4 is a fragmental view in section at the level of the top of the insert, the placket being practically closed. Fig. 5 is a view of the insert detached.

The petticoat comprises a bottom portion 1 which may be made as a flounce or otherwise as desired, a body portion 2 fastened to the top of the bottom portion and provided with a placket 3, the edges 4, 5 of which overlap each other at the top of the bottom piece; and the body portion 2 consists of the usual long section and one short section or insert 8 substantially half the length of the long section; and the body section is secured to the top of the bottom section 1 in over Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1 912.

Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

Serial No. 693,217.

lapping relation as shown at 7. The insert 8 is fastened at its edges 9, 10 to the edges 41-, 5, of the placket. The petticoat is thus provided at the bottom of the placket with three thicknesses of material, viz., the outer placket lap a, the inner placket lap Z) and the insert 8. The insert, however, terminates below the top of the placket and below the belt and in fact below the hips, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2.

The waist or belt 11 may be overlapped at the edge of the placket for a greater or less extent and may be fastened by any suitable means as by a string, the free portions 12, 13 of which are fastened to the edges of the placket at the waist line and are preferably long enough to extend around the waist and be tied together and thus fastened opposite the placket.

The pet-t-icoat and the placket insert may be of any suitable material and the wearer may loosen or tighten the belt as desired, the overlapped edges of the placket practically concealing the opening and the insert 8 perfectly closing the lower portion of the body portion below the placket opening.

By the use of the insert it is possible to practically extend the placket so far down from the waist as to give ample room for adjustment of the placket edges to the various positions for broad or narrow overlap without altering the proper hang of the petticoat. The placket may be proportionally longer or shorter according to the length of the petticoat.

The insert is preferably a rectangular sheet of material.

It is understood that the insertand the flaps of the placket may be stitched together by a horizontal seam, not shown, at any desired place between the top edge of the insert and the bottom edge of the petticoat and that what is herein termed the bottom portion of the petticoat may or may not be a flounce or any other ornamental construction and may be plain if desired.

1. A petticoat having a bottom portion and a body portion, the latter comprising a rectangular insert connecting the rear vertical margins of such body portion and terminating about half way the length of the body portion, the upper free vertical edges of the body portion above the upper edge of the insert constituting theplacket opening I adapted to form the lower edge of the for the petticoat, and the body portion at the lower end of the insert permanently secured in overlapped relation to the upper 5 edge of the bottom portion.

2. A petticoat having a bottom portion and a body portion; said body portion having overlapping placket forming sections and an insert; said insert being fastened to 10 the edges of the overlapping sections and placket.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 17th day of April, 1912.

JAMES R. TOWNSEND, L. BELLE RICE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O. 

